Brazil's ban on women in football and the first air fryer
We hear about the law in Brazil which made it illegal for women and girls to play football for 40 years. Dilma Mendes shares her incredible experience of being arrested numerous times as a child, just...
13 Jul 202450min
Subway Art and terror in Georgia
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.We hear about the era-defining book Subway Art and how Fight the Power became a protest anthem. Artist curator Marianne Vosloo...
5 Jul 202450min
The Sagrada Família and Hello Kitty
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.We hear the story of the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world and the creation of one of the most recognisable chara...
28 Jun 202450min
Bungee jumping and the Benidorm boom
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service on the history of travel. Our guest is Dr. Susan Houge Mackenzie, Associate Professor in the Depart...
21 Jun 202450min
Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria and the Irish shopworkers strike
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.First, we hear about Boko Haram militants driving into Gwoza in north-east Nigeria in 2014, to begi...
14 Jun 202450min
The weather report that delayed D-Day and panda-mania in Taiwan
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.First, we hear how a young Irishwoman called Maureen Flavin Sweeney drew up a weather report that d...
7 Jun 202451min
South American revolutionaries and the first Aboriginal MP
A warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners - this programme contains the names and voices of people who have died.Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History ep...
31 Mai 202450min
The first Air Jordan and Imelda Marcos's 3,000 pairs of shoes
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.This week’s programmes are all about the history of footwear.First we take a trip back to the 1960’...
24 Mai 202450min
